The Wolves? I don't remember there being anything special about them other than they wanted to kill everything. They're long gone.
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‘The Walking Dead’ – Season 8 - Sundays on AMC
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Yeah, no. It's still the #1 rated show on cable, and the only cable program in the overall top 10. It's been dipping, but it's not anywhere near the 'cancellation zone.' It's still a monstrous ad vehicle.
Overall this past season was pretty terrible. The last two episodes picked up, but the bar was already so low it sort of didn't matter. And like everyone said, I hated the heel turn for Maggie, Jesus, and Daryl because it was just so DUMB and unlike them. The writers on this show are just bad. I wish there could be a complete re-staffing with talented people who could make the show into a smarter experience overall. Its a total soap opera at times now.
How is this series going? I managed to drop out just after Negan turned up. Has it got any better?
Not really. You got out at the right time, it seems. Based on the source material, these last two seasons should have been a high point for the series, but...it just didn't go that way.
This is exactly what I got out of it in the moment. Never thought Maggie and Daryl had it out for Rick, they simply want to right the wrong of keeping Negan alive and get their revenge.
The show is being written and produced to be made on the cheap, do the least work for maximum profit with no care for the story or characters. Glad the finale had weak viewer numbers. The show is just a hack job run by greedy suits and the producers revealing in the money maker with their easy slice. It's all one big circle jerk with marketing BS.
Thanks for the spoilers. That will actually get me to watch every episode again.
But, after all that I want to see something different besides Alexandria and Hilltop. I'm f'n tired of it. Tell me about the helicopters next. What and who are they.
Is there going to be a purpose? Finding a cure? I want something different?
I miss the plot of everyone heading to DC to find a cure. Make this a reality or something similar to this.
Thanks for the spoilers. That will actually get me to watch every episode again.
But, after all that I want to see something different besides Alexandria and Hilltop. I'm f'n tired of it. Tell me about the helicopters next. What and who are they.
Is there going to be a purpose? Finding a cure? I want something different?
I miss the plot of everyone heading to DC to find a cure. Make this a reality or something similar to this.
The comic just introduced the Commonwealth, a community of 50K people.
Yeah, I'm excited for that
I'm just so over what's been going on of tribe vs tribe for so many seasons
I want something completely new. A purpose
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That isn't from the comic, but it might have something to do with what minus_me is talking about. Same with the old woman and her two female bodyguards we saw earlier in the season.
Robert Kirkman said that will never happen.
Makes sense from a writers perspective to churn out more comic books. Boring, to me, as a viewer watching the show. Hmmm maybe I will be done with the show
I mean the cure is obviously a societal one and not a medical one. You already see that the walkers aren't really a threat if you have a peaceful society, as you then will generally know when people die and to properly take care of them so the don't become a threat. Human violence primarily creates more walkers that you can't account for. Sure there will be the occasional sudden death you don't know about, but generally that isn't going to collapse your entire community.
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I don't think people understand just how gigantic the show was and still is. It isn't just the biggest scripted show on cable - it's the biggest by a significant margin. Like, two weeks ago, the episode pulled a 4.4 in L+7 ratings. Looking at the chart, the next biggest was The Alienist with a 0.9. Most of the other scripted shows that managed to make the chart (of which there were few) were pulling in 0.6s.
Sure, ratings have dropped quite a bit, but even if the ratings were to fall to half of what they are now, it would still comfortably be #1.
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I'd despise that almost as much as the Godfather scene from this finale, as it would rob the show of one of the strongest scenes in the comic.
After Negan is freed and banished as his 'reward' for his role in the Whisperer War, Maggie tracks him down to a farm house and is prepared to execute him. There he apologizes for all the wrong he'd done. He remembers Glenn's name and his horrified that Maggie's only real recollection of Glenn is his dying moment. And when he begs her to kill him, to end it all...she walks away, leaving him broken and alone with the horrors he committed.
I hate that contract issues alter writers' plans for shows.
I didn't know about her contract status. Hopefully it will go well.
I didn't know about her contract status. Hopefully it will go well.
Her character's been fucked up ever since she got to the hilltop back in S7.
Shoot didn't realize I could spoil comic readers at this point. It's issue 174: A Solitary Life.
The whole season and lead up to the finally was garbage and not the Jadis kind. Oceanside and the trash people were just a giant waste of time. No stakes or consequences for anyone, even fucking Eugene playing the long game? Like at least signal it at some point, idk. i just feel for as many episodes there were, there was banrely any character development (except somehow letting Negan live because why again?). I love this show, I will continue watching it, but it is just so absurd some of the choices the characters make. Oh well, maybe with the new show runner we will get back on track with an actual plot and non-idiotic characters. Also, kill Gregory already good god.
I don't mind it, is not a show or comic that I follow so sacredly
That scene with Maggie, Jesus and Daryl is gonna lead to some goddamn nonsense. But what else is new, right? smh
The overarching story line should be moving outside of their little worlds, and shifting all momentum to some big picture stuff, which i'd like to think those helicopter sightings (and maybe those women with the van) represent.
I just wish they stopped milking this shit and started barreling onward to a series finale already.
The overarching story line should be moving outside of their little worlds, and shifting all momentum to some big picture stuff, which i'd like to think those helicopter sightings (and maybe those women with the van) represent.
I just wish they stopped milking this shit and started barreling onward to a series finale already.
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They aren't milking anything - The Walking Dead is designed, as a franchise, to have an open ended narrative.
Now that the junkyard group is dead and Jadis (I mean Ann) moved out of there and Morgan left, I bet we'll never see the junkyard or the helipad or their related helicopter ever again
Of course they're milking it. You can probably expect another 4-5 seasons of bare-bones development (while adding even more characters), with moronic decisions designed to prolong the (our) suffering.
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They just finished issue 126 of the show. Issue 179 releases in a couple of weeks. They have plenty of material set. The comics move along well with plenty of decent development. It hasn't reached that point yet where it's just spinning it's wheels.
Just because it's being poorly adapted/written doesn't define it as being milked. It just defines it as a very disappointing show.
I think they also need more variety with scenes with negan locked up, and not just Rick or Gabriel showing up every time. Having Maggie and company in play to do that will make those scenes more interesting.
I think they could still get to this point... probably wouldn't be next season knowing them though
Ya definitely not next season. They won't cover 47 issues in 1 season.
I just read through that whole arc. It's jam packed in a way that won't work for the show to spend just a season on. And TBH, the best thing the show can do now is actually spend time with the characters and fixing the mess they've left over the past few seasons.
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Then blow them all away then!
I DO NOT WANT to see another f'n random bite on a character(Carl). It's f'n stupid.
So you want purely a post apocalyptic drama and not a zombie apocalypse drama?
It's funny how a show about zombies is hardly about zombies anymore. They're almost never a threat and are put down with ease. Few ever get bitten unless someone aids it.
They also change at varying amounts of time. It was a lot faster early on, was it not?
But I guess there is a FTWD style herd shown in the finale
To be honest, I was expecting to have to post here and ask what they were looking at in the distance from that field. I couldn't see anything at all, and rewound it a couple of times to see if I'd missed something. Then it was shown later.
They also change at varying amounts of time. It was a lot faster early on, was it not?
But I guess there is a FTWD style herd shown in the finale
To be honest, I was expecting to have to post here and ask what they were looking at in the distance from that field. I couldn't see anything at all, and rewound it a couple of times to see if I'd missed something. Then it was shown later.
I'm tired of the stupid random bites and the tribe vs tribe war
They should know how to annihilate all the zombies by now
Shit is getting old watching it on tv
Sounds like you should stop watching it then. I think the show has majorly gone downhill, and part of that is because of how much the zombies are a complete non factor. Some sort of starvation based zombie frenzy element or something that makes them faster would make it more interesting.
I actually really liked the season finale, enough so that it could of been a series finale. It doesn't really feel like there's anywhere else to go, and just a straight up hand off to fear would make the most sense.
It's just the same formula over and over again. They move somewhere, then encounter an evil group who threatens them and must be dealt with. It's just that this particular group lasted for two drawn out and mostly boring seasons.
At least it was better than the awful Governor.
At least it was better than the awful Governor.
Thanks guys. Think I'll be a casual viewer next season. I am actually glad they kept Negan alive. He was definitely the best part of the entire arc.
Ya know, I ain't even mad.
The show has fallen off, but it's still entertaining enough for me to watch so long as they don't put on side character centric episodes to save on money.
I'mma be back next season.
The show has fallen off, but it's still entertaining enough for me to watch so long as they don't put on side character centric episodes to save on money.
I'mma be back next season.
I've seen you say this kind of thing a few times and it's just not true.
The comic is better than the show. Miles better. The show tells the same stories but worse, especially the past 2-3 years.
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On whether or not the comic is better than the show? O_O
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I hold both the comic and show in the same esteem - sometimes one is better than the other but most of the time they're on equal footing.
I do think the show would be much improved by Gimple responding to viewers' mail after the credits.
Just because the comics were designed to never end doesn't mean the show needs to follow the same philosophy - and it shouldn't. Ending the show without some kind of massive resolution, and a cure, would feel much like wasted time. Comics can go on forever, that's fine that's what they usually do, but TV franchises with a legacy of ensemble cast deserve more than "and they rebuilt society and lived happily ever after".
Plus eventually the show will surpass the comics, within a season hopefully and they don't need to be chained to Kirkman's material. It's the oppposite situation of GoT actually, because original content and storylines will massively benefit the show vs sticking to the comics.
Plus eventually the show will surpass the comics, within a season hopefully and they don't need to be chained to Kirkman's material. It's the oppposite situation of GoT actually, because original content and storylines will massively benefit the show vs sticking to the comics.